This post is written in association withPentaho, a commercial open-source (COSS) provider of reporting, analysis, dashboard, data mining and data integration software.

The history of open source has already been written and rewritten a couple of times, so there's no need to go back to Genesis chapter one and revisit Linus Torvalds' "just a hobby, won't be big" comments too often.

But open source became more than the sum of its parts and the hobbyists grew successful in domains that traditionally belonged to their proprietary relatives.

Historical Note: If you do still want the history of open source, then the YouTube hosted Revolution OS is about 100 minutes of the best open development commentary you will find.

Open source grew up, we know that part. With a rich pedigree of success in the server room, open platforms eventually moved upwards through the commercial sector and across to government in many developed nations.

What open source in these (and other mission-critical implementations) demands is not only the strong active developer community that typifies any open code base - it also very often needs a level of expert support and maintenance that works at a more formalized level than that which is available for free through the community. This especially applies to teams that are trying to solve ‘hairy' problems for which skills are in short supply, like blending and analyzing diverse, ‘big' data sets.

Support and maintenance are important, but there's another factor here.

Locked Down, Demarcated OpennessMore specifically (and more technically), open code is built with inherently dynamic libraries that are subject to change and community contribution at any time. However, commercial versions of open source software are always locked down and demarcated at the point of sale and therefore not subject to these dynamic changes.

This means that when organizations like NASA and the Met Office (arguably ‘mission critical') use commercial open source software, they are able to define the exact static form and function of applications at the point of installation.

This effectively eliminates the risk factors inherent with open code dynamism.

Other ‘COSS Benefits'A good commercial open source software (COSS) project works with lead developers that are professional and paid competitive salaries.

A good COSS model works with a high quality assurance (QA) cycle for the open source project and a full set of services.

A good COSS model works with professional support offerings that must be available so clients can depend on timely and accurate assistance.

COSS is has proven in many situations to be more secure than proprietary because of its larger development base. This is why the US Department of Homeland Security, which has incredibly high standards, promotes its use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Open_Security_Technology].

Commercial DriversAccording to Pentaho, we will see that, ultimately, commercial open source helps drive open source adoption.

The theory is that many more organizations will use open source software if they have access to support and services. Beyond that, a company behind an open source project helps assure potential users that the project has consistent vision, discipline, and longevity.

What can a full-blown open source project with sound commercial routes ultimately achieve?

Sun Microsystems famously took the Java platform forward to be one of the most high-profile open (with commercial options) projects. Fast forward to today and the equally open Pentaho BI Project has worked to develop a comprehensive analytics platform that includes reporting, analysis, dashboards, data mining and ETL for true production deployment.

According to the company, "Many other projects that exist address a specific function like reporting, but not the entire BI spectrum. Most also lack the necessary infrastructure like security, administration, auditing, fail-over, scalability features, portal, and other key framework functionality. Beyond that, some projects offer open source reporting, but require an upgrade to an expensive, closed-source offering for web-based deployment or other BI platform functionality."

Looking Forward to (Commercial) Open Source FuturesIf Torvalds' view of open source was 1.0 and the commercially supported iteration of open source was 2.0, then might we naturally expect version 3.0 to come forward at some point now?

This post is written in association withPentaho. The firm has exerted zero editorial influence over the content presented here and simply seeks to fuel dialogue and discussion based around its mission to provide a cost-effective business analytics platform that fuels growth and innovation.

About Adrian BridgwaterAdrian Bridgwater is a freelance journalist and corporate content creation specialist focusing on cross platform software application development as well as all related aspects software engineering, project management and technology as a whole.

Growth hacking is common for startups to make unheard-of progress in building their business. Career Hacks can help Geek Girls and those who support them (yes, that's you too, Dad!) to excel in this typically male-dominated world. [continued]

Speaker Bio: A recognized leader in social business, best-selling author, and one of the most influential people in Web 2.0 technology, Sandy Carter is IBM General Manager Cloud Ecosystem and Developers, and a Social Business Evangelist. She is responsible for IBM's worldwide focus on building and expanding the Cloud ecosystem for ISVs, Entrepreneurs, Developers, and Academics, which influences one third of the revenue for IBM. Previously, Sandy was Vice President, Social Business Evangelism and Sales, responsible for setting the direction for IBM's Social Business initiative, where she led the team to five years of #1 market share per IDC. [continued]

Day 2 Keynote | The Internet of Everything: Seizing the Opportunities
By Manjula Talreja

Converging digital disruptions is creating a major sea change - Cisco calls this the Internet of Everything (IoE). IoE is the network connection of People, Process, Data and Things, fueled by Cloud, Mobile, Social, Analytics and Security, and it represents a $19Trillion value-at-stake over the next 10 years.
In this session, Manjula Talreja, VP of Cisco Consulting Services, will discuss IoE and the enormous opportunities it provides to public and private firms alike. She will share what businesses must do to thrive in the IoE economy, citing examples from several industry sectors. [continued]

Speaker Bio: Manjula Talreja is currently a Vice President in Cisco's Consulting Services group - the company's business and IT technology consulting arm - where she manages the Global Service Provider business worldwide and drive the Cloud practice. In these roles, she engages with Service Provider executives and enterprise CIOs to help them transform their business as a result of the digital disruption fueled by the Internet of Everything (IoE), Analytics, Cloud and Network virtualization. [continued]

Day 3 Keynote | Virtustream: A Blue Collar Unicorn
By Rodney Rogers

Rodney Rogers, CEO of Virtustream, discusses the evolution of the company from inception to its recent acquisition by EMC – including personal insights, lessons learned (and some WTF moments) along the way. Learn how Virtustream's unique approach of combining the economics and elasticity of the consumer cloud model with proper performance, application automation and security into a platform became a breakout success with enterprise customers and a natural fit for the EMC Federation. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
With over 25 years in the Information Technology Services industry, Rodney Rogers is a well-recognized thought leader and successful entrepreneur.
Currently, Rodney is a co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Virtustream, a leading cloud software and services provider. Virtustream introduced the first consumption-based hybrid cloud software and IaaS platform capable of providing commercial application latency performance guarantees for running mission-critical enterprise class applications on modern multi-tenant cloud architectures. In May of 2015, Virtustream signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by EMC for $1.2 billion. [continued]

General Session | Moving From Connected Things to Connected Marketplaces
By Esmeralda Swartz

Connected things, systems and people can provide information to other things, systems and people and initiate actions for each other that result in new service possibilities. By taking a look at the impact of Internet of Things when it transitions to a highly connected services marketplace we can understand how connecting the right "things" and leveraging the right partners can provide enormous impact to your business' growth and success. This exciting emergence of layers of service offerings across a growing partner ecosystem can be monetized for the benefit of smart digital citizens, enterprises and society. [continued]

Speaker Bio: Esmeralda Swartz is VP, Marketing Enterprise and Cloud, BUSS. She has spent 15 years as a marketing, product management, and business development technology executive bringing disruptive technologies and companies to market. Esmeralda was CMO of MetraTech, now part of Ericsson. At MetraTech, Esmeralda was responsible for go-to-market strategy and execution for enterprise and SaaS products, product management, business development and partner programs. Prior to MetraTech, Esmeralda was co-founder, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Lightwolf Technologies, a big data management startup. She was previously co-founder and Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development of Soapstone Networks, a developer of resource and service control software, now part of Extreme Networks. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Engaged in the Technology industry for more than 15 years in business development and management roles, Michael supports several of EMC's most strategic Cloud Service Provider relationships, including Windstream. His organization focuses on identification, solution development and joint go-to-market execution.

Mike Dietze is the Regional Director for Windstream Hosted Solutions where he manages a that team focuses on building cloud based solutions for Windstream's customers. He has over 15 years of experience in data center based solutions as a sales professional and leader.
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General Session | Be the Disruptor - The Digital API Value Chain
By Laura Heritage

There will be 150 billion connected devices by 2020. New digital businesses have already disrupted value chains across every industries. APIs are at the center of the digital Business. You need to understand what assets you have that can be exposed digitally, what their digital value chain is, and how to create an effective business model around that value chain to compete in this economy. No enterprise can be complacent and not engage in the digital economy. Learn how to be the disruptor and not the disruptee. [continued]

Speaker Bio: Laura is a Director of API Strategy at SOA Software. In this role, she works with customer to establish API Business strategies and implement API and SOA Platforms. Previously Ms. Heritage served as a Product Line Manager at IBM and was responsible for establishing IBM¹s API
Management business. [continued]

General Session | AgilData Sneak Peek: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Evolve with On-Demand Schemas
By Dan Lynn

The web app is Agile. The REST API is Agile. The testing and planning are Agile. But alas, Data infrastructures certainly are not. Once an application matures, changing the shape or indexing scheme of data often forces at best a top down planning exercise and at worst includes schema changes which force downtime. The time has come for a new approach that fundamentally advances the agility of distributed data infrastructures.
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Speaker Bio: Dan Lynn, CEO of CodeFutures Corporation, is an entrepreneur, technologist, teacher and technical leader with 14 years of experience in the software industry. He joins CodeFutures to advance the agile Big Data strategies in development around AgilData, CodeFutures' new agile Big Data platform designed to remove the complexity and limitations of current data management approaches.
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The Emerging Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data Technologies and Their Impact on the U.S. Insurance Industry
By Michael Sick & James O'Neill

The explosion of connected devices / sensors is creating an ever-expanding set of new and valuable data. In parallel the emerging capability of Big Data technologies to store, access, analyze, and react to this data is producing changes in business models under the umbrella of the Internet of Things (IoT). In particular within the Insurance industry, IoT appears positioned to enable deep changes by altering relationships between insurers, distributors, and the insured. [continued]

Speaker Bios:
Michael Sick is a Senior Manager in IT Advisory within Ernst and Young's Financial Service Office. Over 18 years of professional service, Michael Sick has delivered solutions to Capital Markets, Insurance, Asset Management, Retail, Supply Chain Management, and Federal clients. His current areas of focus are on Big Data and Distributed Computing systems with deep experience with Hadoop (Hortonworks, MapR, Apache), Elasticsearch, HBase, Redshift, Spark and Kafka. He holds degrees in Politics and Geology from Guilford College in Greensboro, NC.

James O'Neill is a Senior Manager in EY's Insurance Advisory Services practice and leads Strategic Analytics initiatives for Americas Insurance Sector. During his 15 years of insurance industry experience, James has had the opportunity to work across the major functions of insurance carriers and brokers. His client service focus has been directed at supporting executive agendas targeting growth and profitability. James has led numerous complex transformation engagements and possesses deep experience assisting clients build analytics based customer driven strategies and operational alignment of their value chain.[continued]

One of the biggest impacts of the Internet of Things is and will continue to be on data; specifically data volume, management and usage. Companies are scrambling to adapt to this new and unpredictable data reality with legacy infrastructure that cannot handle the speed and volume of data. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Don DeLoach is CEO and president of Infobright. Don has more than 30 years of software industry experience, with demonstrated success building software companies with extensive sales, marketing, and international experience. Don joined Infobright after serving as CEO of Aleri, the complex event processing company, which was acquired by Sybase in February 2010. [continued]

Smart and Connected Cities
By Laetitia Gazel-Anthoine

Since 2008 and for the first time in history, more than half of humans lives in urban areas, urging cities to becomes "smart". Today, Cities can leverage the wide availability of smartphones combined with new technologies such as Beacons or NFC to connect their urban furniture and environment to create citizen-first services which improve transportation, way-finding and information delivery. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Laetitia is founder and CEO of Connecthings since 2007. Prior to Connecthings, Laetitia worked for mobile operators and device manufacturers. In 1999 she managed the implementation of the first Mobile internet gateway for Orange. In 2001, she founded a consultancy company providing operational support in mobile value-added services implementation [continued]

The IoT: Possibilities, Challenges, and Real World Questions
By Tom Wesselman

Sensor-enabled things are becoming more commonplace; precursors to a larger and more complex framework that most consider the ultimate promise of the IoT: things connecting, interacting, sharing, storing, and over time perhaps learning and predicting based on habits, behaviors, location, preferences, purchases and more. The speaker will examine the still nascent IoT as it is coalescing, including what it is today, what it might ultimately be, the role of wearable tech, and technology gaps still in play, as the industry strives to create a cohesive, secure, scalable, and beneficial network of 'things'. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Tom Wesselman is the Director of Communications Ecosystem Architecture at Plantronics. His focus is connecting the capabilities of Plantronics products to the world around them. This starts with defining and building the data and services provided by Plantronics' wearable technology, and then by working with partners and developers to integrate those capabilities into the applications people use. Prior to Plantronics, Wesselman held senior engineering roles at Cisco, where he led a variety of UC engineering programs including the development of the company's first UC client. [continued]

Social Wearables
By Jocelyn Riseberg Scheirer

Pick up any technology publication, read a health blog and you are going to find yourself smack in the middle of an article on the wearable technology market and its future. Offered in multiple form factors such as glasses, jewelry, headgear, belts, armwear, wristwear, legwear, footwear, skin patches, exoskeletons and e-textiles, wearables are projected to reach wildly varying projections from as little as $750 million in 2016 to as much as $70 billion by 2024. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Jocelyn Riseberg Scheirer is CEO and founder of Bionolux, a company specializing in social wearable technology. An innovator in wearables for almost 20 years, Jocelyn began her initial explorations in the industry while a PhD student at MIT Media Lab's Affective Computing Group. [continued]

Lunch Power Panel | Microservices & IoT
Moderated by Jason Bloomberg

Buzzword alert: Microservices and IoT at a DevOps conference? What could possibly go wrong? Join this panel of experts as they peel away the buzz and discuss the important architectural principles behind implementing IoT solutions for the enterprise. As remote IoT devices and sensors become increasingly intelligent, they become part of our distributed cloud environment, and we must architect and code accordingly. At the very least, you'll have no problem filling in your buzzword bingo cards
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Speaker Bios:
Jason Bloomberg is the leading expert on architecting agility for the enterprise. As president of Intellyx, Mr. Bloomberg brings his expertise in Cloud Computing, Enterprise Architecture, and Service-Oriented Architecture to a global clientele. During his twelve years at ZapThink, he created and delivered the Licensed ZapThink Architect (LZA) SOA course and associated credential. He now runs the Bloomberg Agile Architecture Course around the world. His latest book is The Agile Architecture Revolution (Wiley, 2013).
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General Session | Insights for IT Transforming into the Cloud Enabler Paul Maravei

Business as usual for IT is evolving into a "Make or Buy" decision on a service-by-service conversation with input from the LOBs. How does your organization move forward with cloud? Cisco and our partners offer a market leading portfolio and ecosystem of cloud infrastructure and application services that allow you to uniquely and securely combine cloud business applications and services across multiple cloud delivery models
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Speaker Bio:
Paul leads Sales and Services strategy for Cisco's Hybrid Cloud and Managed Services business for US East Coast.
Paul has over fifteen (15) years of Sales management and leadership experience. In his most recent role, Paul led the product marketing efforts for Cloud and SDN solutions.
Prior to this, he held multiple sales leadership roles at Cisco European operation. Paul has managed the sales of hundreds of millions of Cisco hardware, software and services, and has managed top European service provider customer relationships including subsidiaries of Vodafone, Orange and Deutsche Telekom.
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General Session | Infrastructure as a Toolbox Phil Jackson

Countless business models have spawned from the IaaS industry. Resell Web hosting, blogs, public cloud, and on and on. With the overwhelming amount of tools available to us, it's sometimes easy to overlook that many of them are just new skins of resources we've had for a long time. Let's break down what we've got to work with and discuss benefits and pitfalls to discover how we can best used them to design hosted applications.
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Speaker Bio:
As Lead Technology Evangelist, Phil Jackson helps SoftLayer customers and partners integrate with the company's platform. For the past 10 years, he has worked in various roles within the IaaS industry, from sales to development. Jackson started his career in Web hosting at Ev1Servers, where he led the training department. With a passion for technology that started at a young age, Jackson has developed skills in a variety of scripting and programming languages and enjoys sharing his knowledge with the technology community.
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When OT Meets IT in the Industrial IoT
By Ron Sege

In the consumer IoT, everything is new, and the IT world of bits and bytes holds sway. But industrial and commercial realms encompass operational technology (OT) that has been around for 25 or 50 years. This grittier, pre-IP, more hands-on world has much to gain from Industrial IoT (IIoT) applications and principles. But adding sensors and wireless connectivity won't work in environments that demand unwavering reliability and performance. As enterprise IT embraces other IoT-related technology trends, enterprises with industrial or commercial facets must also find ways for the disparate worlds of OT and IT to work together harmoniously. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Ron Sege has served as a director of Echelon and President and Chief Executive Officer since August 2010. He has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since October 2011. Most recently, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer, and Board member, of 3Com Corporation from 2008 through its acquisition by HP. Prior to 3Com, Mr. Sege was President and Chief Executive Officer of Tropos Networks, Inc., a provider of wireless broadband networks, from 2004 to 2008. [continued]

Unlocking IoT Potential
By Jim Hunter

We're no longer looking to the future for the IoT wave. It's no longer a distant dream, but a reality that has arrived. It's now time to make sure the industry is in alignment to meet the IoT growing pains - cooperate and collaborate as well as innovate. This session will examine the key ingredients to IoT success and identify solutions to challenges the industry is facing. The deep industry expertise behind this presentation will provide attendees with a leading edge view of rapidly emerging IoT opportunities and challenges, and will ensure a lively Q&A conclusion. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Jim is a highly regarded visionary and connected home technologist, holding multiple patents for technology that has pioneered the smart, simple connected home. Previously, Jim was the lead architect of Connected Home, Advanced Technologies at Motorola Mobility (acquired by Google), founder and CTO of 4Home and founder of Premise Systems. [continued]

We Need a Holistic Network Infrastructure: Why Controllers Are Not Cutting it
By Dhiraj Sehgal

For years, we've relied too heavily on individual network functions or simplistic cloud controllers. However, they are no longer enough for today's modern cloud data center. Businesses need a comprehensive platform architecture in order to deliver a complete networking suite for IoT environment based on OpenStack

In this session, I will discuss what a holistic networking solution should really entail, and how to build a complete platform that is scalable, secure, agile and automated. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Dhiraj works in product and marketing organization of PLUMgrid. His focus has been customers, technologies and products and how do they interact with each other. He has wealth of experience in datacenter technologies ranging from compute, networking to storage [continued]

The (Industrial) Internet of Things – Finding Value in Analytics
By Bob Gates

The industrial software market has treated data with the mentality of "collect everything now, worry about how to use it later." We now find ourselves buried in data, with the pervasive connectivity of the (Industrial) Internet of Things only piling on more numbers. There's too much data and not enough information. Realizing the power of IoT, software developers are now focused on understanding how industrial data can create intelligence for industrial operations. Imagine a world where a turbine can call its operator weeks before it breaks thanks to analytics. Assets aren't destroyed, operators save millions, and lives may be saved. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Bob Gates' responsibilities include strategic direction for the manufacturing industries that GE serves. His experience and career included various leadership and engineering positions at General Motors, Hoechst Celanese, Hoffman La Roche and Pfizer. Bob earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE). [continued]

Internet of Everything: The Value of Connections
By Gary Hall

The Internet of Everything (IoE) brings together people, process, data and things to make networked connections more relevant and valuable than ever before — transforming information into knowledge and knowledge into wisdom. IoE creates new capabilities, richer experiences, and unprecedented opportunities to improve business and government operations, decision making and mission support capabilities. This session will break down the core capabilities of IoT in multiple settings and expand upon IoE for both technical and non-technical audiences. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Gary Hall is responsible for technology solutions planning and architectures for Cisco's Federal Defense business. He leads Cisco's Federal strategy and planning for the Internet of Everything. Gary is currently on the Board of Directors for InfoComm International, the trade association for the audiovisual industry. [continued]

Beyond IoT Hook Ups: How to Get Customers to Say "I Do"
By Sean Lorenz

When it comes to the Internet of Things, hooking up will get you only so far. If you want customers to commit, you need to go beyond simply connecting products. You need to use the devices themselves to transform how you engage with every customer and how you manage the entire product lifecycle. In this session, LogMeIn will show how "product relationship management" can help you leverage your connected devices and the data they generate about customer usage and product performance to deliver extremely compelling and reliable products, and build lasting, mutually beneficial relationships with customers. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Sean Lorenz is Sr. Product Marketing Manager for Xively at LogMeIn. Dr. Lorenz helps drive the Xively Internet of Things (IoT) thought leadership and works closely with customers to understand how connected products and operations can help transform their businesses. He has shaped business models and product strategies in several emerging markets including the IoT, robotics, and healthcare. Sean holds a PhD in Cognitive & Neural Systems from Boston University and has extensive knowledge of natural language processing, brain-computer interfaces, adaptive systems, machine learning, context-aware computing and other forms of predictive analytics for sensor-based data. [continued]

Advanced Real World IoT at Scale
By Jim Kaskade

With several hundred implementations of IoT-enabled solutions in the past 12 months alone, Jim's talk will focus on experience over the art of the possible. Many can only imagine the most advanced telematics platform ever deployed, supporting millions of customers, producing tens of thousands events or GBs per trip, and hundreds of TBs per month. With the ability to support a billion sensor events per second, over 30PB of warm data for analytics, and hundreds of PBs for an data analytics archive, Jim will overview how user-based auto insurance can be implemented at scale. He demonstrates a production deployment based on a cloud-hosted, cyber-secured, real-time to batch analytics telematics platform which enables what we commonly refer to as the "Smart Car". Jim also touches on how Internet of Things is being truly implemented across several verticals including Banking, this Insurance example, Health, Manufacturing, Transportation, Utilities, and Retail. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Jim Kaskade leads CSC's global Big Data & Analytics organization. In this role, he oversees the development and implementation of innovative offerings that help CSC clients convert data into revenue. [continued]

Extreme IoT Games
By Mike Kavis

To many people, IoT is a buzzword whose value is not understood. Many people think IoT is all about wearables and home automation. In this session, we will discuss some incredible game changing use cases and how they are transforming industries like agriculture, manufacturing, health care, and smart cities. We will discuss cool technologies like smart dust, robotics, smart labels, and much more. Prepare to be blown away with a glimpse of the future. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Mike Kavis is Vice President & Principal Cloud Architect at Cloud Technology Partners. He has served in numerous technical roles such as CTO, Chief Architect, and VP positions with over 25 years of experience in software development and architecture. A pioneer in cloud computing, Mike led a team that built the world's first high speed transaction network in Amazon's public cloud and won the 2010 AWS Global Startup Challenge. An expert in cloud security, he is the author of "Architecting the Cloud: Design Decisions for Cloud Computing Service Models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)" from Wiley Publishing. [continued]

The Monetization of Things
By Brendan O'Brien

The IoT market is projected to be $1.9 trillion tidal wave that's bigger than the combined market for smartphones, tablets and PCs. While IoT is widely discussed, what isn't being talked about are the monetization opportunities that are created from ubiquitous connectivity and the ensuing avalanche of data. While we cannot foresee every service that the IoT will enable, we should future proof operations by preparing to monetize them with extremely agile systems. The session will discuss how to: [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Brendan O'Brien is Chief Evangelist and a Co-founder at Aria Systems. In 2002 he introduced the world to cloud billing, and innovated database-driven, enterprise-grade web applications - before the concept of "cloud" was even on the horizon. O'Brien is at the forefront of the recurring revenue revolution that is empowering enterprises -- and specifically enabling information systems and new business models to secure predictive revenue streams while improving business processes. [continued]

Unified Communications: Strategies for Next Generation Communication and Collaboration
By Arvind Rangarajan

- How UC is transforming the way businesses operate
- Extending UC experience outside the enterprise through WebRTC
- Review use cases across different industry verticals [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Arvind Rangarajan is Director, Product Marketing at BroadSoft. Arvind has over 19 years of experience in the telecommunications industry in various roles like Software Development, Product Management and Product Marketing, applied across Wireless, Unified Communications and in Cloud based communications. Prior to joining BroadSoft, Arvind lead product marketing efforts for ShoreTel SKY, a Cloud Based UCaaS solution. He has held several Senior Product Management and Product Marketing roles with Cisco Systems and Philips Electronics and has done Software Development for Nortel Networks and Ericsson. Arvind holds a Master's degree in Computer Engineering from UT Arlington, Texas and also an MBA degree from University of Dallas and a BE degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from India [continued]

IoT middleware For a Faster Time to Market (TTM)
By Bramh Gupta & Fred Yatzeck

Internet of things (IoT) will be a hybrid ecosystem of diverse devices and sensors collaborating with operational and enterprise systems to create the next big application. Choosing the right middleware and integration strategy from the get-go will enable IoT solution developers to adapt and grow with the industry, while at the same time reduce Time to Market (TTM) by using plug and play capabilities offered by a robust IoT middleware platform. [continued]

Speaker Bios:
Bramh Gupta is the founder and CEO of robomq.io, an Internet of Things (IoT) middleware company that enables collaboration and data integration between any device and any application, system or cloud.

Fred Yatzeck is the principal architect leading product development at robomq.io. He has years of experience in enterprise software and middleware applications notably mission critical real-time activation and provisioning systems for telecommunication. [continued]

One Size Does Not Fit All
By Dr. Natasha Tamaskar

While not quite mainstream yet, WebRTC is starting to gain ground with Carriers, Enterprises and Independent Software Vendors (ISV's) alike. WebRTC makes it easy for developers to add audio and video communications into their applications by using Web browsers as their platform. But like any market, every customer engagement has unique requirements, as well as constraints. And of course, one size does not fit all.
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Speaker Bio:
Dr. Natasha Tamaskar brings over 20 years of telecom industry experience with particular expertise in cloud, mobile, WebRTC and . security solutions. In Dr. Tamaskar's current role at GENBAND as Vice President and Head of Cloud and Mobile Strategy and Ecosystem, she is responsible for the strategic direction of GENBAND's Cloud and Mobile solutions and ecosystem partnerships.
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Enabling Complex Recurring Revenue Strategies
By Brendan O'Brien

With IoT exploding, massive data will transform businesses with opportunities to monetize almost anything that can be measured. Aria Systems Co-founder and Chief Evangelist, Brendan O'Brien, leads an expert panel of consultants, thought leaders and practitioners who will look at these new monetization trends, discuss the implications, and detail lessons learned from their collective experience. Finally, the panel will point the way forward for enterprises who wish to leverage the resulting complex recurring revenue models, adding value and profit.
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Speaker Bio:
Brendan O'Brien is Chief Evangelist and a Co-founder at Aria Systems. In 2002 he introduced the world to cloud billing, and innovated database-driven, enterprise-grade web applications - before the concept of "cloud" was even on the horizon. O'Brien is at the forefront of the recurring revenue revolution that is empowering enterprises -- and specifically enabling information systems and new business models to secure predictive revenue streams while improving business processes.

Michele Tivnan is the Senior Director of Enterprise Applications at Constant Contact, the leading provider of online marketing solutions for small businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations.

Ted has more than 23 years of technology consulting and executive leadership experience gained through diverse domestic and international assignments. He has championed numerous large programs and has built operating entities from inception. His executive leadership experience highlights his proven ability to build and lead teams.
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The Transformative Power of M2M and IoT in Health Care
By Andrew Morawski

Health care systems across the globe are under enormous strain, as facilities reach capacity and costs continue to rise. M2M and the Internet of Things have the potential to transform the industry through connected health solutions that can make care more efficient while reducing costs. In fact, Vodafone's annual M2M Barometer Report forecasts M2M applications rising to 57 percent in health care and life sciences by 2016. Lively is one of Vodafone's health care partners, whose solutions enable older adults to live independent lives while staying connected to loved ones. M2M will continue to grow and impact the health care space as patient facing and provider solutions take over.
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Speaker Bio:
Andrew Morawski joined Vodafone in 2013 as its head of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) in the Americas. In this role, Andrew is responsible for leading Vodafone's M2M sales, strategy and operational initiatives in North and South America. His key area of focus for the region is the application of M2M technologies which enable creative new business models to drive growth in both established and emerging markets.
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Centralized Sensor Management for Optimal Operations and Maintenance in the Solar Industry
By Dave Landa

Dave will share his insights on how Internet of Things for Enterprises are transforming and making more productive and efficient operations and maintenance (O&M) procedures in the cleantech industry and beyond.
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Speaker Bio:
Dave Landa is chief operating officer of Cybozu Corp (kintone US). Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Dave has been on the forefront of the Cloud revolution driving strategic business development on the executive teams of multiple leading Software as a Services (SaaS) application providers dating back to 2004. Cybozu's kintone.com is a leading global BYOA (Build Your Own Application) and collaboration service, for which Dave is building out the US business. Dave has previously worked for Fortune 500 companies (Ball Corporation) and has led startups through exponential growth (Blue Rice, SPG Solutions, Electric Run) and helped mid-stage companies get through successful IPOs (Active Network).
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Real-Time Communications in Web Apps & Mobile Apps
By Peter Dunkley

In this session we look at creating interactive communications via the web by adding messaging, file transfer, and group communication (group chat and audio/video conferencing) into the web experience. We will also discuss potential applications of this technology in areas including B2B, B2C, P2P, and gaming.
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Speaker Bio:
Peter is Technical Director at Acision. He graduated from The University of Edinburgh in 2000 with a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science. After graduation Peter worked on a PSTN switch developing signalling stacks for SS7, ISDN and similar protocols and creating advanced routing and service applications. Since 2005 he has worked mainly with SIP first leading a team developing a PSTN gateway and then managing the development of a SIP Application Server. Peter joined Crocodile RCS in September 2010 and has made numerous contributions to the Kamailio open source SIP Router project (particularly in the areas of presence, WebSocket, MSRP, and SIP Outbound) since then. Peter is one of the authors of the MSRP over WebSocket draft (draft-pd-dispatch-msrp-websocket) and is a contributor to several open-source projects.
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Recent technology advances in miniaturization has positioned the wearables as the pinnacle of technology convergence with the human body. We inquire if wearables are mere standard miniaturized devices extended with the connectivity and present our views on considerations like design, applications, performance, efficiency, interoperability, usage scenarios, human device interaction and consequent trade-offs enabling wearables to impart optimal value. We argue on purposefulness with thoughts on existence of wearables as standalone devices as opposed to co-existent/collaborative devices and that neither hardware nor design has as much impact on value generation for the key stakeholders as much the services and business implications the wearables enable.
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Speaker Bio:
Ajeesh Gopalakrishnan heads the Strategic Marketing and Thought Leadership initiatives for Product Engineering Service Line at Wipro Ltd. He has worked in diverse areas of Mobile Devices & Communications, Broadcast, Consumer Electronics, Navigation, New Media, Digital Cinema and Semiconductors. He has done his Professional Doctorate in Engineering from The Netherlands, Bachelor's degree in Computer Science & Engineering and International Marketing specialization from INSEAD, France. He holds patents in Blu-Ray with several publications to his credit and has presented papers at international conferences.
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Enterprise IoT Architecture with Connected Car Usecase
By Vatsal Shal

Recent technology advances in miniaturization has positioned the wearables as the pinnacle of technology convergence with the human body. We inquire if wearables are mere standard miniaturized devices extended with the connectivity and present our views on considerations like design, applications, performance, efficiency, interoperability, usage scenarios, human device interaction and consequent trade-offs enabling wearables to impart optimal value. We argue on purposefulness with thoughts on existence of wearables as standalone devices as opposed to co-existent/collaborative devices and that neither hardware nor design has as much impact on value generation for the key stakeholders as much the services and business implications the wearables enable.
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Speaker Bio:
Vatsal Shah is the young CEO and Founder of Litmus Automation, a startup with a vision of enabling things connectivity to business applications through an IoT platform 'Loop', a totally unexplored arena. Along with staying on toes with all tech movements in the valley, he plays several roles as a leader, engineer, strategist and always a learner. He has worked with Rockwell Automation which became the cradle for this startup. Being a social enthusiast, he makes a point to attend events and meetups relating to opensource, M2M, connected solutions or Internet of Things.
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Enterprise IoT is an exciting and chaotic space with a lot of potential to transform how the enterprise resources are managed. In this session Hari will describe the challenges in enabling mass adoption of IoT, and share perspectives and insights on architectures/standards/protocols that are necessary to build a healthy ecosystem and lay the foundation to for a wide variety of exciting IoT use cases in the years to come.
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Speaker Bio:
Hari Srinivasan is a Product Manager at Cisco's Enterprise Switching group. An early IoT pioneer, Hari is driving the vision, definition, ecosystem and product strategy for enabling IoT on Cisco's multi-billion dollar enterprise switching product portfolio. His immediate focus is on Connected Lighting, expected to be the first high-impact manifestation of IoT. Prior to IoT Hari has led successful initiatives in Software Defined Networking, and managed the $200M Nexus fabric extender product portfolio. Hari has rich experience of over 10 years in the networking industry having worked at Cisco, Juniper and Alcatel-Lucent. He holds a MS in Computer Science from University of Southern California.
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IoT Maturity Model
By Tony Shan

This presentation introduces the Internet of Things Maturity Model (IoTMM) – a qualitative method to gauge the growth and increasing impact of IoT capabilities in an IT environment from both business and technology perspectives. We first scan the IoT landscape and investigate the major challenges and barriers. The key areas of consideration are identified to get started with IoT journey. We then pinpoint the need of a tool for effective IoT adoption and implementation, which leads to IoTMM. 5 maturity levels are defined: Advanced, Dynamic, Optimized, Primitive, and Tentative (ADOPT). Subsequently we characterize the IoT maturity continuum at each individual level, followed by the description of key enablers. We walk through the technical architecture and components for the selected enablers to illustrate the building blocks to construct IoT solutions. Further we articulate how to leverage IoTMM in the real world. Best practices and lessons learned are discussed during the session.
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Speaker Bio:
Tony Shan is a renowned thought leader and innovative visionary with decades of field experience and guru-level expertise on cutting-edge enterprise computing technologies. He has directed and advised the pragmatic lifecycle design and development of large-scale award-winning distributed systems on diverse platforms for Fortune 500 companies and public sector organizations like IBM, HP, Apple, Cisco, Dell and Bank of America. He is a regular speaker and organizer in conferences, a book author, an editor/editorial advisory board member of IT research journals, and a founder of several user groups and forums.
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Real Time Connection, Communication and Interactivity With Internet connected Devices
By Alex Gouaillard

It's time to put the "Thing" back in IoT! Wether it is Drones, Robots, self-driving cars, ... There are multiple incredible examples of the power of IoT nowadays that are shadowed by announcements of yet another twist on statistics, databases, .... Sorry, I meant, big data(TM), tiered storage(TM), complex systems(TM), smart nations(TM), .... This talk will be more about concrete, cool, examples of IoT already happening today, and how mixing all those different sources of visual and audio input can make your life happier and simpler.
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Speaker Bio:
A Frenchman who has relocated to Singapore, Dr. Alex is regarded as one of the pioneers of Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC). He is a member of the W3C and IETF (which create and define the standards of this technology), and is an active participant in key WebRTC working groups and task forces.
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The New IoT Standard: Any App for Any Device Using Any Data Format
By Michael Weiner

For IoT to grow as quickly as analyst firms project, a lot is going to fall on developers to quickly bring applications to market. But the lack of a standard development platform threatens to slow growth and make application development more time consuming and costly, much like we've seen in the mobile space. This session will discuss the evolving requirements for developers as IoT matures and conduct a live demonstration of how quickly application development can happen when the need to comply with multiple different standards is removed and developers can create any app for any device using any data format.
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Speaker Bio:
Mike Weiner is Product Manager of the Omega DevCloud with KORE Telematics Inc. Mike comes from an entrepreneurial background within the software industry and is a faculty member with the University of Cincinnati's IT program. He has 15 years of experience in overseeing the development of scalable, enterprise software solutions and also has multiple certifications within the Scrum framework.
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Growing IoT from Industry to Society
By Jason Mondanaro

It is one thing to build single industrial IoT applications, but what will it take to build the Smart Cities and truly society changing applications of the future? The technology won't be the problem, it will be the number of parties that need to work together and be aligned in their motivation to succeed. How can you plan to cooperate, partner, and form lasting all-star teams to change the world? It starts with business models and monetization strategies.
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Speaker Bio:
Jason Mondanaro is a global thought leader for cloud billing and micropayment technologies. He drives product leadership and third-party cloud vendor integrations for Metanga, MetraTech's cloud-based billing solution. Over the past 16 years Jason has co-authored patents on micropayments and high volume transactional aggregation. He jointly designed and acted as lead developer for the eO transit payment system. The eO System was awarded the 2009 Best Transportation Application Sesame award by CARTES & IDenditifaction and was instrumental to the American Public Transportation Association's 2009 Innovation Award to the Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City, UT.
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Critical Communications for IoT: Connecting Devices, Things and People
By Imad Mouline

What if, during a snow emergency, an on-the-ground sensor could automatically trigger a relevant emergency notification related to snowfall and road impact. And then, after it's triggered, that notification is delivered intelligently to individuals based on an extensive set of rules designed to alert the most available and capable responders. The "what if" question about "smart highways" is short-sighted. We are already there, and we are only getting started. While mainstream attention is paid to machine-to-machine communications, new technologies are developing to make these communications even more actionable during critical situations (call it "machine-to-machine-to human"). Now, and in the future, devices, people and things will be connected to trigger critical communications in a smart and automated fashion to ensure that the right messages get sent to the right people, based on their location, skill sets or simply, their ability to respond—at the right time .
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Speaker Bio:
Imad Mouline is the chief technology officer for Everbridge. In this role, Mouline is responsible for Everbridge's market strategy, product roadmap, innovation, and research and development.
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Making it BIG with Something Small
By Jack Hu

The world is at a tipping point where the technology, the device and global adoption are converging to such a point that we will see an explosion of a world where smartphone devices not only allow us to talk to each other, but allow for communication between everything – serving as a central hub from which we control our world – MediaTek is at the heart of both driving this and allowing the markets to drive this reality forward themselves. The next wave of consumer gadgets is here —smart, connected, and small. If your ambitions are big, so are ours. Join us at MediaTek Labs to connect with the hardware, tools, and partners to make it big in the world of the small.
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Speaker Bio:
Jack Hu is the Developer Relations Manager for MediaTek Labs. As an integral part of this key initiative for MediaTek, Jack and Labs team work with developers and makers worldwide to ensure they have all the necessary tools, resources, and support to build cutting-edge IoT and wearable devices and services on top of MediaTek's LinkIt platform. This work helps to support a program that has already seen three major milestones since its launch just six months ago: the launch of the LinkIt Connect 7681 development platform, the addition of MediaTek Labs Cloud Sandbox and the Labs Partner Connect program.
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We're entering a new era of computing technology that many are calling the Internet of Things (IoT). Machine to machine, machine to infrastructure, machine to environment, the Internet of Everything, the Internet of Intelligent Things, intelligent systems—call it what you want, but it's happening, and its potential is huge. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Emcien CEO Radhika Subramanian is a seasoned entrepreneur with decades of experience helping large organizations utilize the insight buried within their data. A sought-after presenter and speaker, she is a regular contributor to trade and national publications, including Forbes, SmartData Collective and IndustryWeek.
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The Evolution Of The Car: Connected Cars Will Be A Top Internet of Things Device
By John Greenough

The car has become one of the top Internet of Things devices, as automakers have embedded internet connection into their new models. In this presentation, we will discuss the future of the connected car market and will examine the benefits automakers are seeing from connecting their cars. The presentation also examines the future of self-driving vehicles and how the Internet will play a major role in shifting the way we travel. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
John Greenough is a Research Analyst covering the Internet of Things for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's subscription research service. Greenough's extensive research on the IoT market has focused especially on the smart home, the connected car, and enterprise IoT. Prior to joining BI Intelligence, Greenough researched bank technology at Corporate Insight and interned at The Clearing House Payments Company. He's an alumnus of Trinity College, with a BA in economics and sociology.
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Deep Field: Discovering the Internet of Things
By Ed Maguire

The multi-trillion economic opportunity around the "Internet of Things" (IoT) is emerging as the hottest topic for investors in 2015. As we connect the physical world with information technology, data from actions, processes and the environment can increase sales, improve efficiencies, automate daily activities and minimize risk. The presentation will describe what is new and different about IoT, explore financial, technological and real-world impact across consumer and business use cases. Why now? Significant corporate and venture investments are funding an explosion of new products and companies. New technologies – hardware, software, bandwidth, sensor – make new solutions feasible for the first time. The presentation will explore impact on all sectors of the economy – consumer wearables, smart home, automotive, transportation, retail, health care, public sector, energy, agriculture and manufacturing – while identifying key players, potential winners and losers. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Ed Maguire is senior analyst and managing director at CLSA Americas covering the software industry, technology and innovation. Prior roles include president of strategic consultancy firm MAGNet Strategies, director at Merrill Lynch Technology Investment Banking, senior director at Merrill Lynch Equity Research and research associate at CIBC World Markets. Prior to Wall Street, he was senior sales manager for Twinbrook Music Distribution and worked extensively performing and recording as a professional musician. Ed holds a BA in music from Columbia University and an MBA in finance and management information systems from Rutgers Business School.
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A New Architecture for the Internet of Things: Rethinking Your IT Framework
By James Kirkland

Explosive growth in connected devices. Enormous amounts of data for collection and analysis. Critical use of data for split-second decision making and actionable information. All three are factors in making the Internet of Things a reality. Yet, any one factor would have an IT organization pondering its infrastructure strategy. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
James Kirkland is the advocate for Red Hat's initiatives and solutions for the Internet of Things(IoT) and is the architect of its three-tier strategy for IoT deployments. For the past five years, James has been focused on IoT solutions for the transportation and energy sectors. A frequent public speaker and writer on a wide range of technical topics, James is also the co-author of Linux Troubleshooting for System Administrators and Power Users (ISBN: 0131855158) published by Prentice Hall PTR. He has been working with UNIX and Linux variants over the course of 20 years in his positions at Red Hat, and in previous roles at Racemi and Hewlett-Packard.
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Internet of How
By Gordon Hui

Thanks to widespread Internet adoption and more than 10 billion connected devices around the world, companies became more excited than ever about the Internet of Things in 2014. Add in the hype around Google Glass and the Nest Thermostat, and nearly every business, including those from traditionally low-tech industries, wanted in. But despite the buzz, some very real business questions emerged – mainly, not if a device can be connected, or even when, but why? Why does connecting to the cloud create greater value for the user? Why do connected features improve the overall experience? And why does connecting to the cloud enhance your business model? Or stated differently, if a company invests in making my toaster talk to my lawnmower, is that really a good business decision and why? [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Gordon Hui has a background in strategy and more than a decade of experience in innovation. As Smart Design's Vice President, Strategy, he works with senior leaders in diverse industries to create new services, business models, capabilities, and technology platforms by integrating human-centered design, business strategy, and startup techniques. Gordon is also a recognized thought leader on the Internet of Things and innovation, and his perspectives have been highlighted in diverse media outlets, including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, TEDx, and Sirius XM Radio.
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Shared Services for the Real Time Responsive Smart Environment
By Sarah Cooper

2015 predictions circa 1970: houses anticipate our needs and adapt, city infrastructure is citizen and situation aware, offices buildings identify and preprocess you. Today smart buildings have no such collective conscience, no shared set of fundamental services to identify, predict and synchronize around us. LiveSpace and M2Mi are changing that. LiveSpace Smart Environment devices deliver over the M2Mi IoT Platform real time presence, awareness and intent analytics as a service to local connected devices. We'll discuss the novel distributed intelligence infrastructure requirements for such an ultra-low latency human responsive system and touch on implications of standards fracture for device manufacturers. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Dr. Sarah Cooper is M2Mi's VP Business Development and Engineering. She was named 2014 "Top 100 Wireless Industry Experts" by TodaysWirelessWorld and Connected World "Women of M2M". The only female member of OASIS MQTT TC, she's an SGIP member, an internationally recognized speaker, holds multiple patents and still codes regularly.
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Architecting IoT Enabled Supply Chains
By Peter Vanderminden

Business are increasingly considering IoT product enablement as a means to implement connected supply chains to support rapidly evolving business models. Manufacturing firms that are used to managing physical supply chains are suddenly finding themselves knee deep in requirements to implement digital supply chains with which they have little experience.[continued]

Speaker Bio:
Peter Vanderminden, CTO, KulaGuna Consulting, works with companies in the industrial manufacturing, transportation and health-life sciences sectors, helping them to develop enterprise architecture and innovation strategies to integrate physical and digital supply chains for IoT enablement. He serves on the APICS Board of Directors, the leading industry trade association for supply chain management best practices and certifications.
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@ThingsExpo 2014 Silicon Valley Sessions

Microsoft Opening Keynote | NoOps != No OperationsBy David Tesar

Shipping daily, injecting faults, and keeping an extremely high availability "without Ops"? Understand why NoOps does not mean no operations. Agile development methodologies require evolved operations to be successful.
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Speaker Bio: David's mission is to "put more Ops into DevOps". He currently shares "the good news" of software and has helped customers since 2007 as a Technical Evangelist at Microsoft. David creates technical content including hundreds of videos, speaks at various Microsoft and industry-sponsored events, leads the weekly Edge Show with monthly episodes on DevOps, and works directly with customers and internal development teams. DevOps is currently David's focus which includes expertise in relevant products such as Microsoft Azure, Visual Studio Online, Application Insights, Team Foundation Server, Release Management, and System Center. [continued]

The Role of Hybrid Cloud in Driving the Future State of Business By Gee Rittenhouse

The Internet of Things (IoT) is going to require a new way of thinking and of developing software for speed, security and innovation. This requires IT leaders to balance business as usual while anticipating for the next market and technology trends. Cloud provides the right IT asset portfolio to help today's IT leaders manage the old and prepare for the new. Today the cloud conversation is evolving from private and public to hybrid. This session will provide use cases and insights to reinforce the value of the network in helping organizations to maximize their company's cloud experience. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Gee Rittenhouse is Vice President and General Manager of Cisco's Cloud and Virtualization Group (CVG), a market-driven organization leading industry transformation in cloud infrastructure software and services. [continued]

Matrix: the missing signaling layer for WebRTC?By Mathew Hodgson

WebRTC defines no default signaling protocol, causing fragmentation between WebRTC silos. SIP and XMPP provide possibilities, but come with considerable complexity and are not designed for use in a web environment. Matrix is a new non-profit Open Source Project that defines both a new HTTP-based standard for VoIP & IM signaling and provides reference implementations. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Matthew Hodgson is technical co-founder of the Matrix.org: a not-for-profit organization focused on solving the problem of fragmentation in current VoIP and IP Messaging applications. By defining a new lightweight pragmatic open standard for federation and interoperability and releasing opensource reference implementations, Matrix hopes to create a new ecosystem that makes real-time-communication as universal and interoperable as email. [continued]

Whether you're a startup or a 100 year old enterprise, the Internet of Things offers a variety of new capabilities for your business. IoT style solutions can help you get closer your customers, launch new product lines and take over an industry. Some companies are dipping their toes in, but many have already taken the plunge, all while dramatic new capabilities continue to emerge. Join us for an in depth discussion of real-world use cases, patterns and opportunities you can harness today. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Reid Carlberg is a 20 year veteran of the software industry. As a Senior Director, Developer Evangelism, at salesforce.com, Reid helps business and developer communities work with leading technologies such as the Salesforce1 Platform. Since joining Salesforce, he has launched hundreds of new apps on the AppExchange as part of the Salesforce Labs program, taught thousands of developers at the Dreamforce Internet of Things Lab and spoken about connected devices around the world. Reid holds an undergraduate degree in Japanese and a Master's Degree in Software Engineering. He lives in Chicago. [continued]

The 7 Steps to Real World Business Transformation on the Internet of Things By Sean Lorenz

The Internet of Things promises to transform businesses (and lives), but navigating the business and technical path to success can be difficult to understand. This presentation will show you how to approach creating broadly successful connected customer solutions using real world business transformation studies including New England BioLabs and more. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Sean Lorenz is Technical Product Manager for Xively at LogMeIn. Dr. Lorenz helps drive the Xively Internet of Things (IoT) platform roadmap and works closely with customers to understand how connected products and operations can help transform their businesses. [continued]

The Perfect Storm Intensifies - The Convergence of BigData, Cloud and the Internet of Things is Now at Full Strength By Mac Devine

Almost everyone sees the potential of Internet of Things but how can businesses truly unlock that potential. The key will be in the ability to discover business insight in the midst of an ocean of Big Data generated from billions of embedded devices via Systems of Discover. Businesses will also need to ensure that they can sustain that insight by leveraging the cloud for global reach, scale and elasticity. Without bringing these three elements together via Systems of Discover you either end up with an Internet of somethings and/or a big mess of data. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Mac has 24 years of experience with networking and virtualization.
The first 7 of those years were spent in mainframe software development where he served as chief programmer for several VTAM releases. Mac then moved to mainframe software design where he served as chief designer for several Communications Server releases and lead the design work for Sysplex and SNA over IP networking (aka Enterprise Extender). [continued]

The Physical Web By Scott Jenson

Scott Jenson leads a project called The Physical Web within the Chrome team at Google. Project members are working to take the scalability and openness of the web and use it to talk to the exponentially exploding range of smart devices

Nearly every company today working on the IoT comes up with the same basic solution: use my server and you'll be fine. But if we really believe there will be trillions of these devices, that just can't scale. We need a system that is open a scalable and by using the URL as a basic building block, we open this up and get the same resilience that the web enjoys. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Scott Jenson has been at the forefront of user interface design for over 25 years. He was the first member of the User Interface group at Apple in the late 80s, working on System 7, the Apple Human Interface Guidelines and the original Newton. Following that he was Director of Product Design for Symbian, then managed the mobile UX group at Google and was Creative Director at frog design. Scott is now back at Google, on a quest to bridge the physical and digital worlds. [continued]

Identity Management and WebRTC By Peter Dunkley

We are reaching the end of the beginning with WebRTC and real systems using this technology have begun to appear. One challenge that faces every WebRTC deployment (in some form or another) is identity management. For example, if you have an existing service - possibly built on a variety of different PaaS/SaaS offerings - and you want to add real-time communications you are faced with a challenge relating to user management, authentication, authorisation, and validation. Service providers will want to use their existing identities, but these will have credentials already that are (hopefully) irreversibly encoded. This presentation looks at how this identity problem can be solved and discusses ways to use existing web identities for real-time communication. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Peter is Technical Director at Acision. He graduated from The University of Edinburgh in 2000 with a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science. After graduation Peter worked on a PSTN switch developing signalling stacks for SS7, ISDN and similar protocols and creating advanced routing and service applications. [continued]

IoT: Integration of Things By Chris Mathieu

There will be 50 billion Internet connected devices by 2020. Today, every manufacturer has a propriety protocol and an app. How do we securely integrate these "things" into our lives and businesses in a way that we can easily control and manage? Even better, how do we integrate these "things" so that they control and manage each other so our lives become more convenient or our businesses become more profitable and/or safe?
We have heard that the best interface is no interface. These devices generate enough data to learn our behaviors and simplify/improve our lives. What if we could connect everything to everything? I'm not only talking about connecting things to things but also systems, cloud services, and people. Add in a little machine learning and artificial intelligence and now we have something interesting...
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Speaker Bio: Chris Matthieu is Co-Founder & CTO at Octoblu, Inc. He has two decades of telecom and web experience. He launched his Teleku cloud communications-as-a-service platform at eComm in 2010 which was acquired by Voxeo. Next he built an opensource Node.JS PaaS called Nodester which was acquired by AppFog. His new startup is Twelephone (http://twelephone.com). Leveraging HTML5 and WebRTC, Twelephone's BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) is to become the next generation telecom company running in the Web browser. In 9 short months, Twelephone has nearly achieved feature parity with Skype. [continued]

Big Data's Potential in Helping To Secure the Internet of ThingsBy James G. Kobielus

The security devil is always in the details of the attack: the ones you've endured, the ones you prepare yourself to fend off, and the ones that, you fear, will catch you completely unaware and defenseless. The Internet of Things (IoT) is nothing if not an endless proliferation of details. It's the vision of a world in which continuous Internet connectivity and addressability is embedded into a growing range of human artifacts, into the natural world, and even into our smartphones, appliances, and physical persons.
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Speaker Bio: James Kobielus is an industry veteran and serves as IBM's Big Data evangelist, as program director for Big Data analytics product marketing, and as editor-in-chief of IBM Data Magazine. He spearheads IBM's thought leadership activities in Big Data, Hadoop, enterprise data warehousing, advanced analytics, and cognitive computing. He advises IBM's product management and marketing teams on big data analytics. He has spoken at such leading industry events as Hadoop Summit, Strata, and Forrester Business Process Forum. He has published several business technology books and is a very popular provider of original commentary on blogs and many social media. [continued]

Birds-of-a-Feather SessionBy Scott Jenson

The Physical Web incorporates beacons that can be put in any small retail store, for example, so that every store now has "an app" for its customers.
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Speaker Bio: Scott Jenson has been at the forefront of user interface design for over 25 years. He was the first member of the User Interface group at Apple in the late 80s, working on System 7, the Apple Human Interface Guidelines and the original Newton. Following that he was Director of Product Design for Symbian, then managed the mobile UX group at Google and was Creative Director at frog design. Scott is now back at Google, on a quest to bridge the physical and digital worlds. [continued]

The Evolution of Internet of Things and the Intelligent Enterprise By Chris Gray

The Internet of Things is not new. Historically, smart businesses have used its basic concept of leveraging data to drive better decision making and have capitalized on those insights to realize additional revenue opportunities. So, what has changed to make the Internet of Things one of the hottest topics in tech? In this session, Chris Gray, Red Hat Director of Embedded Programs will discuss the underlying factors that are driving the economics of intelligent systems. Discover how hardware commoditization, the ubiquitous nature of connectivity, and the emergence of big data and analysis are providing the pull to meet customer expectations of a widely connected, multi-dimensional universe of people, things, and information. Chris will present real-world use cases that demonstrate how to:
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Speaker Bio:At Red Hat, Chris Gray has global responsibility for strategic partner initiatives and worldwide sales within the embedded and Internet of Things market. Chris' extensive experience with hundreds of embedded partners and customers across numerous and diverse industries has given him a unique perspective on this explosive growth area. Chris has led the global expansion of Red Hat's Embedded and Internet of Things business in over twenty countries and continues to lead Red Hat's mission as the open source leader in embedded and intelligent systems solutions. [continued]

Architecting Next Gen Connected Supply Chains
By Peter Vanderminden

Disruptive macro trends in technology are impacting and dramatically changing the "art of the possible" relative to supply chain management practices through the innovative use of IoT, cloud, machine learning and big data to enable connected ecosystems of engagement. Enterprise informatics can now move beyond point solutions that merely monitor the past and implement integrated enterprise fabrics that enable end to end supply chain visibility to improve customer service delivery and optimize supplier management. [continued]

Speaker Bio: Peter Vanderminden is the Industry Manager, Manufacturing & Supply Chain at Microsoft Corporation, where he consults to some of Microsoft's largest corporate accounts on business solutions and enterprise architecture strategies. Mr. Vanderminden also serves on the Board of Directors of the APICS/Supply Chain Council, a global non-profit industry trade association with over 600 member firms that is focused on establishing best practices for supply chain management. [continued]

Fulfilling IT's Promise in the IoT EraBy Jeff Kaplan

The Internet of Things will put IT to its ultimate test by creating infinite new opportunities to digitize products and services, generate and analyze new data to improve customer satisfaction, and discover new ways to gain a competitive advantage across nearly every industry. In order to help corporate business units to capitalize on the rapidly evolving IoT opportunities, IT must stand up to a new set of challenges. This session will examine why IT must finally fulfill its role in support of its SBUs or face a new round of disruption that could fundamentally reshape the function of IT forever. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Jeff Kaplan is the Managing Director of THINKstrategies, www.thinkstrategies.com, the only strategic consulting firm focused entirely on the business implications of the transition of the technology industry from a product-centric to services-driven solution model, including Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing and Managed Services. THINKstrategies helps IT/business decision-makers with their sourcing strategies; solution providers with their go-to-market strategies; and venture firms with their investment strategies. [continued]

Monetizing the 'Internet of Things'- What You Need to Know Now
By Brendan O'Brien

There's no doubt that the "Internet of Things" is driving the next wave of innovation. Google has spent billions over the past few months vacuuming up companies that specialize in smart appliances and machine learning. Already, Philips light bulbs, Audi automobiles, and Samsung washers and dryers can communicate with and be controlled from mobile devices. To take advantage of the opportunities the "Internet of Things" brings to your business, you'll want to start preparing now. [continued]

Speaker Bio: Brendan O'Brien is a Co-founder at Aria Systems and the inventor of cloud billing. It is fair to say he introduced the world to cloud billing, and innovated database-driven, enterprise-grade web applications - before the concept of "cloud" was even on the horizon. O'Brien is at the forefront of the recurring revenue revolution that is empowering enterprises -- and specifically enabling information systems and new business models to secure predictive revenue streams while improving business processes. [continued]

From High Tech to "I" Tech
By Andrew Bolwell

As the Internet of Things unfolds, mobile and wearable devices are blurring the line between physical and digital, integrating ever more closely with our interests, our routines, our daily lives. Contextual computing and smart, sensor-equipped spaces bring the potential to walk through a world that recognizes us and responds accordingly. We become continuous transmitters and receivers of data. Key attributes of mobile technology—touch input, sensors, social, and IoT services—drive the shift of mobile technology from accessory to indispensible to integrated. Collectively these technologies create opportunities not only for new products but for new business models, platforms, and services. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Andrew Bolwell is Director of Innovation for HP's Printing and Personal Systems Group. Responsible for defining HP's long-term innovation and technology vision for printing and personal computing, Andrew is spearheading new markets, products and business models that will help shape HP's future growth. [continued]

IoT Moves Into The Commercial Mainstream
By Diego Tamburini

The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly in the process of breaking from its heretofore relatively obscure enterprise applications (such as plant floor control and supply chain management) and going mainstream into the consumer space. More and more creative folks are interconnecting everyday products such as household items, mobile devices, appliances and cars, and unleashing new and imaginative scenarios. We are seeing a lot of excitement around applications in home automation, personal fitness, and in-car entertainment, and this excitement will bleed into other areas. On the commercial side, more manufacturers will embed sensors in their products and connect them to the Internet to monitor their performance and offer pro-active maintenance services. [continued]

Speaker Bio: Diego Tamburini works for the Manufacturing Strategic Industry Relations group at Autodesk. He focuses on defining the vision for Autodesk in manufacturing and evangelizing Autodesk as a thought leader in the industry. Diego came to Autodesk after 10 years at Microsoft, where he was working in the Microsoft Dynamics development team developing the upcoming first cloud release of Dynamics ERP for Professional Services. [continued]

A New Architecture for the Internet of Things: Rethinking Your IT Framework
By James Kirkland

Explosive growth in connected devices. Enormous amounts of data for collection and analysis. Critical use of data for split-second decision making and actionable information. All three are factors in making the Internet of Things a reality. Yet, any one factor would have an IT organization pondering its infrastructure strategy. [continued]

Speaker Bio: James Kirkland is the advocate for Red Hat's initiatives and solutions for the Internet of Things(IoT) and is the architect of its three-tier strategy for IoT deployments. For the past five years, James has been focused on IoT solutions for the transportation and energy sectors. A frequent public speaker and writer on a wide range of technical topics, James is also the co-author of Linux Troubleshooting for System Administrators and Power Users (ISBN: 0131855158) published by Prentice Hall PTR. [continued]

Zero to a Connected Internet of Things App
By Seema Jethani

This talk explores how to rapidly prototype using IoT cloud platforms and choosing the right platform to match application requirements, security and privacy needs, data management capabilities and development tools. Where historically app development would required developers to manage device functionality, application environment and application logic, today new platforms are emerging that are IoT focused and arm developers with cloud based connectivity and communications, development, monitoring, management and analytics tools. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Seema is the Director of Product Management at Basho Technologies and has more than 10 years of experience in enterprise software development. Prior to joining Basho, she held Product Management and Strategy positions at Dell, Enstratius and IBM. [continued]

How Docker Quickly Advanced Development of an IoT Application
By Aater Suleman

Collecting data in the field and configuring multitudes of unique devices is a time-consuming, labor-intensive process that can stretch IT resources. Horan & Bird [H&B], Australia's fifth-largest Solar Panel Installer, wanted to automate sensor data collection and monitoring from its solar panels and integrate the data with its business and marketing systems. After data was collected and structured, two major areas needed to be addressed: improving developer workflows and extending access to a business application to multiple users (multi-tenancy). [continued]

Speaker Bio:Aater Suleman, CEO and Co-Founder at Flux7, is an industry veteran in delivering cloud migration, application development and process optimization solutions using DevOps-based approaches. Mr. Suleman earned his PhD at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also currently teaches computer systems design and architecture. [continued]

WebRTC + IoT = Personalized Customer Service
By Peter Cornelius

Can call centers hang up the phones for good? Intuitive Solutions did. WebRTC enabled this contact center provider to eliminate antiquated telephony and desktop phone infrastructure with a pure web-based solution, allowing them to expand beyond brick-and-mortar confines to a home-based agent model. It also ensured scalability and better service for customers, including MUY! Companies, one of the country's largest franchise restaurant companies with 232 Pizza Hut locations. This is one example of WebRTC adoption today, but the potential is limitless when powered by IoT . Attendees will learn real-world benefits of WebRTC and explore future possibilities, as WebRTC and IoT intersect to improve customer service. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Peter Cornelius has spent the past 15 years designing and building large scale enterprise applications, predominantly focused on the call center space. In his role as Solution Architect at LiveOps he has designed and built platform components to allow the doubling of the number of registered agents along with dramatic improvements in stability and performance. He is currently working on the next generation of the LiveOps platform. [continued]

From Data To Dollars – A Results-Driven Approach To IoT
By Dave Wagstaff

Technology is enabling a new approach to collecting and using data. This approach, commonly referred to as the "Internet of Things" (IoT), enables businesses to use real-time data from all sorts of things including machines, devices and sensors to make better decisions, improve customer service, and lower the risk in the creation of new revenue opportunities. In this session from Bsquare learn more about the real benefits to focus on, understand the requirements of a successful solution, the flow of data, and how to best approach deploying an IoT solution that will drive results. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Vice President and Chief Architect, BSQUARE Corporation Dave Wagstaff has been Bsquare's Vice President and Chief Architect since November 2013. In this role Mr. Wagstaff drives a comprehensive and integrated strategy for all Bsquare products including the company's Internet of Things offerings. [continued]

How Code Halos Are Unlocking the Possibilities of the Internet of Things
By Ben Pring

Code Halos – aka "digital fingerprints" - are the key organizing principle to understand a) how dumb things become smart and b) how to monetize this dynamic. In this session Ben Pring, Co-Director of Cognizant's Center for the Future of Work, will outline research, analysis and recommendations from his recently published book on this phenomena on the way leading edge organizations like GE and Disney are unlocking the IoT opportunity and what steps your organization should be taking to position itself for the next platform of digital competition. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Ben Pring co-leads Cognizant's Future of Work Center joining Cognizant in September 2011 after spending the previous 15 years with Gartner as a senior industry analyst researching and advising on areas such as Cloud Computing and Global Sourcing. Prior to Gartner he worked for a number of consulting companies including Coopers and Lybrand. [continued]

New Security Models For The IoT
By Davi Ottenheimer

The Internet of Things needs an entirely new security model, or does it? Can we save some old and tested controls for the latest emerging and different technology environments? This presentation reviews hands-on lessons with IoT devices and reveals privacy options and a new risk balance you might not expect. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, has more than nineteen years' experience managing global security operations and assessments, including a decade of leading incident response and digital forensics. He is co-author of the book "Securing the Virtual Environment: How to Defend the Enterprise Against Attack," published in May 2012 by Wiley. He formerly was responsible for security at Barclays Global Investors (BGI), the world's largest investment fund manager. Prior to BGI he was a "dedicated paranoid" at Yahoo! and responsible for managing security for hundreds of millions of mobile, broadband and digital home products. Davi received his postgraduate academic Master of Science degree in International History from the London School of Economics. [continued]

Spatial Teleconferencing With WebRTC
By Alan Kraemer

While great strides have been made relative to the video aspects of remote collaboration, audio technology has basically stagnated. Typically all audio is mixed to a single monaural stream and emanates from a single point, such as a speakerphone or a speaker associated with a video monitor. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Alan Kraemer (CTO) has over 29 years of experience in a wide range of technology based fields. As Vice President of Engineering for Technology Marketing Inc., he and his team created the architecture for and designed a wide variety of computers and computer based products for major corporations including British Telecomms and Litton Industries. [continued]

Five Key Issues for the DNS of Things
By Peter Silva

The Domain Name Service (DNS) is one of the most important components in networking infrastructure, enabling users and services to access applications by translating URLs (names) into IP addresses (numbers). Because every icon and URL and all embedded content on a website requires a DNS lookup loading complex sites necessitates hundreds of DNS queries. In addition, as more internet enabled 'Things' get connected, people will rely on DNS to name and find their fridges, toasters and toilets. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Peter Silva covers security for F5's Technical Marketing Team. After working in Professional Theatre for 10 years, Peter decided to change careers. Starting out with a small VAR selling Netopia routers and the Instant Internet box, he soon became one of the first six Internet Specialists for AT&T managing customers on the original ATT WorldNet network. [continued]

Future of the Cloud with P2P (Peer-to-Peer) RTC (Real-Time Communication)
By Robin Raymond

P2P RTC will impact the landscape of communications, shifting from traditional telephony style communications models to OTT (Over-The-Top) cloud assisted & PaaS (Platform as a Service) communication services. The P2P shift will impact many areas of our lives, from mobile communication, human interactive web services, RTC and telephony infrastructure, user federation, security and privacy implications, business costs, and scalability. This presentation will walk through the shifting landscape of traditional telephone and voice services to the modern P2P RTC era of OTT cloud assisted services. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Author of Open Peer, a Peer-to-Peer protocol for Real-Time Communications. An expert software architect, technical leader and developer, whose specialty is for highly scalable network asynchronous software architectures, typically in the field of peer-to-peer telecommunications. Robin has been producing software since the dawn the computer age. Chair & author of W3C ORTC API & Community Group. [continued]

New business opportunities for real time communications created by the IoT explosion
By Ivelin Ivanov

From telemedicine to smart cars, digital homes and industrial monitoring, the explosive growth of IoT has created exciting new business opportunities for real time calls and messaging. This presentation will share some of the new revenue sources that IoT created for Restcomm - the open source telephony platform from Telestax. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Ivelin Ivanov is a technology entrepreneur who founded Mobicents, an Open Source VoIP Platform, to help create, deploy, and manage applications integrating voice, video and data. He is the co-founder of TeleStax, an Open Source Cloud Communications company that helps the shift from legacy IN/SS7 telco networks to IP-based cloud comms. An early investor in multiple start-ups, he still finds time to code for his companies and contribute to open source projects [continued]

The Top 10 Challenges in Securing IoT Communications
By Todd Greene

As the Internet of Things gains momentum, the focus has been on securing billions of IoT devices and the servers that orchestrate their connectivity. However, the greatest security and authentication risks reside within the communications among devices and servers.[continued]

Speaker Bio:Todd has over 20 years of experience addressing the challenges of realtime applications and secure communications. He is currently co-founder and CEO of PubNub, a global Data Stream Network that helps companies build and scale realtime apps for connected devices. Prior to founding PubNub, he was the founder and CEO of Loyalize, a company that delivered large-scale Audience Participation software, acquired in 2011 by Robert FX Sillerman, the owner of American Idol. [continued]

Time Series Data in a Time Series World
By Jim Scott

The Internet-of-Things is tied together with a thin strand that is known as time. Coincidentally, at the core of nearly all data analytics is a timestamp. When working with time series data there are a few core principles that everyone should consider, especially across datasets where time is the common boundary. Single-value, geo-spatial, and log time series data will be discussed. By focusing on enterprise applications and the data center OpenTSDB will be used as an example to explain some of these concepts including when to use different storage models. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Jim has held positions running Operations, Engineering, Architecture and QA teams in the Consumer Packaged Goods, Digital Advertising, Digital Mapping, Chemical and Pharmaceutical industries. Jim has built systems that handle more than 50 billion transactions per day and his work with high-throughput computing at Dow Chemical was a precursor to more standardized big data concepts like Hadoop. [continued]

The State of IoT
By Mike Kavis

IoT is still a vague buzzword for many people.
In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Mike Kavis, Vice President & Principal Cloud Architect at Cloud Technology Partners, will discuss the business value of IoT that goes far beyond the general public's perception that IoT is all about wearables and home consumer services.
The presentation will also discuss how IoT is perceived by investors and how venture capitalist access this space. Other topics to discuss are barriers to success, what is new, what is old, and what the future may hold. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Mike Kavis is Vice President & Principal Cloud Architect at Cloud Technology Partners. He has served in numerous technical roles such as CTO, Chief Architect, and VP positions with over 25 years of experience in software development and architecture.
A pioneer in cloud computing, Mike led a team that built the world's first high speed transaction network in Amazon's public cloud and won the 2010 AWS Global Startup Challenge. An expert in cloud security, he is the author of "Architecting the Cloud: Design Decisions for Cloud Computing Service Models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)" from Wiley Publishing.. [continued]

Modern Telecom and the IoT
By Evan McGee

The worldwide cellular network will be a a backbone in the future IoT, and telecom industry is clamoring to get on board as more than just a data pipe. What can service operators offer, however, that would benefit IoT entrepreneurs, inventors, and consumers? [continued]

Speaker Bio:Evan McGee is the CTO of RingPlus, a leading innovative U.S. MVNO and wireless enabler. His focus is on combining web technologies with traditional telecom to create a new breed of unified communication that is easily accessible to the general consumer. With over a decade of experience in telecom and associated technologies, Evan is demonstrating the power of OSS to further human and machine-to-machine innovation. [continued]

Searching For The Missing Link: DevOps and IoT
By Rachel Chalmers

Enthusiasm for the Internet of Things has reached an all-time high. In 2013 alone, venture capitalists spent more than $1 billion dollars investing in the IoT space. With "smart" appliances and devices, IoT covers wearable smart devices, cloud services to hardware companies. Nest, a Google company, detects temperatures inside homes and automatically adjusts it by tracking its user's habit. These technologies are quickly developing and with it come challenges such as bridging infrastructure gaps, abiding to privacy concerns and making the concept a reality. These challenges can't be addressed without the kinds of agile software development and infrastructure approaches pioneered by the DevOps movement. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Rachel Chalmers joined Ignition as a principal in 2013. She sources deals in enterprise and cloud infrastructure, "big data" and the "Internet of Things"; advises portfolio companies and provides counsel on industry trends. [continued]

Open Source Approach to Enable the Internet of Things
By Joe Speed

Predicted by Gartner to add $1.9 trillion to the global economy by 2020, the Internet of Everything (IoE) is based on the idea that devices, systems and services will connect in simple, transparent ways, enabling seamless interactions among devices across brands and sectors. As this vision unfolds, it is clear that no single company can accomplish the level of interoperability required to support the horizontal aspects of the IoE. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Joe Speed is the Director IoT for the AllSeen Alliance where he leads the IoT strategy & collaboration for AllSeen Alliance, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project. Previous to this he was IBM's Global IoT Leader with customers and technology for Connected Car, Smart City, and Mobile UX. Joe has extensive experience in mobile, B2B and automotive, having worked on mobile solutions, GPS navigation, dealer integration, Internet B2B, OASIS standards, and Big Data. Prior to IBM Joe was Chief Architect of Cyclone Commerce (Axway), CTO of OpenNetwork Technologies (BMC) and an engineer at what is now Verizon Wireless. [continued]

Improving Quality of Lives Using Wearable Devices Using a 'Do-It-Yourself' Approach
By Sai Yamanoor

In this session, we will address building low cost wearable devices that enhance quality of lives. We will get started with an example of putting together a small keychain within a 50$ budget that educates the user about the air quality in their surroundings. Similarly, we will discuss examples like building a wearable device that provides transit information or recreational purposes. We will review resources available to build wearable devices at home including open source hardware, raw materials required and options available to power such wearable devices. [continued]

Speaker Bio:Sai Yamanoor is a Mechatronics Engineer working for a private startup school in the Bay Area where he builds devices that helps students achieve their full potential. He has an interest in building gadgets that improve quality of life and DIY culture. In his free time, he plays with his Raspberry Pi and the Arduino. [continued]

Cultural, regulatory, environmental, political and economic (CREPE) conditions over the past decade are creating cross-industry solution spaces that require processes and technologies from both the Internet of Things (IoT), and Data Management and Analytics (DMA). [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Joseph di Paolantonio began working with IoT data in 2000 when his consultancy and system integration firm partnered with RFID companies to integrate RFID data with other supply chain data in data warehouses and include such data in Business Intelligence solutions. [continued]

The Industrial Internet and the Cloud: Challenges in the Road Ahead
By Dave Duggal

The Industrial Internet revolution is now underway, enabled by connected machines and billions of devices that communicate and collaborate. The massive amounts of Big Data requiring real-time analysis is flooding legacy IT systems and giving way to Cloud environments that can handle the unpredictable workloads. Yet many barriers remain until we can fully realize the opportunities and benefits from the convergence of machines & devices with Big Data and the Cloud, including interoperability, data security and privacy. This session will focus on public-private work being done today to identify the IoT standards, architecture, frameworks and security needed to enable and accelerate the $32 trillion opportunity ahead. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Dave founded EnterpriseWeb LLC (www.enterpriseweb.com) in 2009. EnterpriseWeb® is an application platform for dynamic, data-driven applications and processes. Dave is a proven business leader who has made a career of building, growing and turning around companies and is a proponent of next generation 'smart' business processes. [continued]

How a Birth Certificate will Secure the Internet of Things
By Johannes Lintzen

Connected devices are changing the way we go about our everyday life, from wearables to driverless cars, to smart grids and entire industries revolutionizing business opportunities through smart objects, capable of two-way communication. But what happens when objects are given an IP-address, and we rely on that connection, sometimes with our lives? How do we secure those vast data infrastructures and safe-keep the privacy of sensitive information? This session will outline how each and every connected device can uphold a core root of trust via a unique cryptographic signature – a "birth certificate" that ensures that every action a smart device initiates, is authenticated and reliable, without third-party obstruction. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Johannes Lintzen is Vice President of Sales at Utimaco. Lintzen has been at the company for seven years and was instrumental in the successful launch of Utimaco's entry into the North American market, helping to lead the company's year-over-year growth of 75 percent in the U.S. [continued]

Internet of Things: Key elements to success
By Jim Hunter

Connected devices and the Internet of Things are getting significant momentum in 2014. This session will examine three key elements that together will drive mass adoption of IoT before the end of 2015. The first element is the recent advent of robust open source protocols (like AllJoyn and WebRTC) that facilitate M2M communication. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Jim Hunter is the Chief Scientist and Technology Evangelist of Greenwave Systems. He is responsible for oversight of technology, architecture and innovation of the Axon platform. As Technology Evangelist, Jim promotes the Greenwave platform and technology message through industry engagement. Prior to joining Greenwave Systems, Jim led Motorola Mobility's (a division of Google) architecture and strategy for driving the future of the smart, simple connected home. [continued]

Understanding The Architectural Patterns for Implementing an IoT Fabric
By Sumit Sharma

How do APIs and IoT relate? The answer is not as simple as merely adding an API on top of a dumb device, but rather about understanding the architectural patterns for implementing an IoT fabric. There are typically two or three trends: [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Sumit Sharma is the chief evangelist and bottle washer for API centric and IoT solutions for MuleSoft - the company behind the world's leading connectivity platform [continued]

Making Wearables Wearable: The Importance of Invisible Design
By Gilles Bouchard

There are dozens of disruptive, innovative, truly ground-breaking connected devices on the market today. Most of them, however, have not achieved anything close to the kind of ubiquity that they are seeking. Why? Because in the wearable tech industry, innovation alone is not enough. In order to be adopted by mainstream audiences, a device must be both disruptive and unobtrusive – it must slip into our lives without us having to adjust our behavior, or even really think about its presence. Livescribe CEO Gilles Bouchard would like to speak to audiences about the role that design plays in reaching mainstream consumers. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Gilles Bouchard joined Livescribe as CEO and Chairman in December 2011. Earlier in his career, Bouchard spent 17 years at Hewlett-Packard, advancing to the role of Executive Vice President of Global Operations. At Livescribe, Bouchard has helped make Livescribe 3 the fastest-selling smartpen the company has created so far. [continued]

Monetizing Internet Enabled Devices to Capitalize on the Internet of Things (IoT)
By Vikram Koka

To capitalize on the growth, providers have a number of decisions. They need to consider new ways to monetize capabilities on existing devices and add functionality. This allows the company to then figure out how to adapt their business models. Join us in this session to understand: [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Vikram Koka is the Vice President of IoT at Flexera Software, where he is responsible for the Internet of Things business. Prior to joining Flexera Software, Vikram was the Chief Architect for Macrovision across all its product lines, including the DRM, video and game distribution offerings, as well as software licensing. Vikram has held senior engineering or technical management positions at companies such as Silicon Graphics (SGI), and LSI Logic as well as startups such as CellMania (acquired by Blackberry) and SmartDB. Vikram's background included mobile, ecommerce, SaaS, enterprise applications, databases and distributed applications. Vikram has an MS in electrical and computer engineering. [continued]

The Edison Moment for the Internet of Me
By Abe Gong

Trick question: What did Thomas Edison do for the lightbulb?
He didn't invent it—working lightbulbs existed in laboratories for 80 years before Edison arrived. Instead, Edison's team made electric light scalable. They turned a theoretical possibility into a daily, lived reality—for billions of people. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Abe was the first data scientist at Jawbone and the lead data scientist at Massive Health, where he built data systems to nudge people to form good habits and live healthier. He earned his PhD in Public Policy, Political Science, and Complex Systems at the University of Michigan. All told, Abe has worked as data scientist/statistical consultant in education, health, and public policy for over a decade. In previous lives, Abe has been a pollster, journalist, refugee, and amateur historian. He is now working on a stealth startup using connected devices to improve habits and relationships. [continued]

Manage Your Mesh
By Ryan Bagnulo

The Internet of Things is a misnomer. That implies that everything is on the internet, and that simply should not be -- especially for things that are blurring the line between medical devices that stimulate like a pacemaker and quantified self sensors like a pedometer or pulse tracker. The mesh of things that we manage must be segmented into zones of trust for sensing data, transmitting data, receiving command and control administrative changes, and peer to peer mesh messaging. In this session we will focus on design patterns for segmentation, policy enforcement and administration. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Ryan Bagnulo is a Solution Architect / Software Engineer focused on Strategic Accounts in the telecommunications, finance, entertainment, and industrial sectors for public cloud and private data center deployment topologies of the SOA Software API Gateway framework and adjacent solutions. With over a decade of enterprise class API design and build experience for hundreds of services, Ryan specializes in secure integration across heterogeneous API protocols and message transformations to/from REST/JSON and SOAP/XML APIs.
[continued]

Manage Your Mesh
By Ryan Bagnulo

Code Halos – aka "digital fingerprints" - are the key organizing principle to understand a) how dumb things become smart and b) how to monetize this dynamic. In this session Ben Pring, Co-Director of Cognizant's Center for the Future of Work, will outline research, analysis and recommendations from his recently published book on this phenomena on the way leading edge organizations like GE and Disney are unlocking the IoT opportunity and what steps your organization should be taking to position itself for the next platform of digital competition. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Robert H. Brown is the global head of Cognizants CFoW market strategy and outreach for Business Process Services. He is specifically focused on Cognizant BPS thought leadership, brand development, and solutions orchestration, as well as collaboration with Cognizant senior executive clients and prospects. He resides in California.
[continued]

User Experience Design for the Internet of Things
By Mike Kuniavsky

One of the biggest challenges when developing connected devices is identifying user value and delivering it through successful user experiences. This talk describes an IoT-specific approach to user experience design that combines approaches from interaction design, industrial design and service design to create experiences that go beyond simple connected gadgets to create lasting, multi-device experiences grounded in people's real needs and desires. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Mike Kuniavsky is a user experience designer, researcher, and author. A twenty-year veteran of digital product development, Mike designs products, business processes, and services at the leading edge of technological change. [continued]

IoT Connectivity, Standards & Architecture
By John Fallows

We certainly live in interesting technological times. And no more interesting than the current competing IoT standards for connectivity. Various standards bodies, approaches, and ecosystems are vying for mindshare and positioning for a competitive edge. It is clear that when the dust settles, we will have new protocols, evolved protocols, that will change the way we interact with devices and infrastructure. We will also have evolved web protocols, like HTTP/2, that will be changing the very core of our infrastructures. At the same time, we have old approaches made new again like micro-services and reactive programming. In this session, we will try to make some sense of this changing landscape and explore the various tradeoffs designers face today. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
John brings to Kaazing his 17 years' experience in technology development and software design, and is considered a pioneer in the field of rich and highly interactive user interfaces. As CTO he formulates Kaazing Corporation's vision of enabling mobile users, marketplaces and machines to connect and communicate in real-time, more reliably and at unprecedented scale. He defines the architecture of the Kaazing product suite and oversees its development. [continued]

Monetize This. Customers in the Age of Internet of Things - From Devices to Internet of Agents and Services
By Esmeralda Swartz

The Internet of Things will greatly expand the opportunities for data collection and new business models driven off of that data. For this to be effective you not only need to have infrastructure and operational models capable of utilizing this new phenomenon, but increasingly service providers will need to convince a skeptical public to participate. Get ready to show them the money! [continued]

Speaker Bio:
Esmeralda Swartz is CMO of MetraTech, now part of Ericsson. She has spent 15 years as a marketing, product management, and business development technology executive bringing disruptive technologies and companies to market. [continued]

WebRTC and Data Channels; the Innovation Within Disruption
By Alex Gouaillard

As a disruptive technology, Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC), which is an emerging standard of web communications, is redefining how brands and consumers communicate in real time. The on-going narrative around WebRTC has largely been around incorporating video, audio and chat functions to apps. Alex will look at a fourth element - data channels - and talk about its potential to move WebRTC beyond browsers and into the internet of things. [continued]

Speaker Bio:
A Frenchman who has relocated to Singapore, Alex is regarded as one of the pioneers of Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC). He is a member of the W3C and IETF (which create and define the standards of this technology), and is an active participant in key WebRTC working groups and task forces. Alex holds two PhDs from INSA, France, and KEIO University, Japan. He has deep experience in communications, signal and image processing, and has established and led successful research groups at Caltech, Harvard, A*STAR. Alex was also involved in several innovative startups in Europe, North America, and APAC. [continued]

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